Sufism : A New History of Islamic Mysticism /

A pathbreaking history of Sufism, from the earliest centuries of Islam to the presentAfter centuries as the most important ascetic-mystical strand of Islam, Sufism saw a sharp decline in the twentieth century, only to experience a stunning revival in recent decades. In this comprehensive new history...

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Autor principal: Knysh, Alexander (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Mysticism > Islam > History.
Sufism > History.
RELIGION / Islam / General.
Abrahamic religions.
Al-Ghazali.
Al-Qushayri.
Asceticism.
Author.
Bernard McGinn (theologian).
Bruce Lincoln.
Christian mysticism.
Christianity and Islam.
Christianity.
Christopher Melchert.
Dhikr.
Dichotomy.
Divine presence.
Doctrine.
Edward Said.
Esoteric interpretation of the Quran.
Exegesis.
Fear of God.
Fiqh.
Font Bureau.
God.
Hadith.
Heresy.
Historiography.
Ibn Khaldun.
Ibn Taymiyyah.
Idolatry.
Illustration.
Irfan.
Islam.
Islamic culture.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Islamic holy books.
Islamic studies.
Jews.
Judaism.
Judeo-Christian.
Justification (theology).
Kafir.
Kashf.
Literature.
Louis Massignon.
Mansur Al-Hallaj.
Modernity.
Monasticism.
Mosque.
Muhammad.
Murid.
Muslim world.
Muslim.
Mystical theology.
Mysticism.
Najm al-Din.
Naqshbandi.
Narrative.
Occult.
Orientalism.
Orthodoxy.
P. J. Conkwright.
Persecution.
Philosopher.
Philosophy.
Physician.
Piety.
Plotinus.
Polemic.
Political correctness.
Presence of God (Catholicism).
Princeton University Press.
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.
Quran.
Religion.
Religious studies.
Religious text.
Renunciation.
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi.
Saint.
Salafi movement.
Sayyid.
Sheikh.
Silsila.
Sufi cosmology.
Sufi metaphysics.
Sufi studies.
Sufism.
Sunni Islam.
Tariqa.
The Sufis.
Theology.
Treatise.
Ulama.
Umberto Eco.
Ummah.
Wahhabism.
William Chittick.
World to come.
World view.
Worship.
Writing.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations and Diagrams
  • Transliteration and Dates
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • How and Why Sufism Came to Be
  • What's in a Name? How Definitions of Sufism Have Become a Site of Polemical Partis - Pris
  • Discourses
  • Sufism in Comparison: The Common Ferment of Hellenism
  • Practices, Ethos, Communities, and Leaders
  • Sufism's Recent Trajectories: What Lies Behind the Sufi- Salafi Confrontation?
  • Conclusion
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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